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The summit featured an influential lineup of speakers, including:

• Mr. Paddy Cosgrave (Founder, Web Summit)
• Mr. Will Smith (Actor & Entrepreneur)
• Mr. Alexander Wang (Founder & CEO, Scale AI)
• Mr….

A group of former OpenAI employees has filed an amicus brief supporting Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company, raising alarm over its transition from a non-profit to a for-profit structure.

The brief was submitted on Friday by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig, who also founded Creative Commons, CNBC international reported on April 11.

The filing features 12 ex-employees, including researchers and policy leads, such as Steven Adler, Gretchen Krueger, Daniel Kokotajlo, William Saunders, and Richard Ngo. It argues…

Smartphones and computers will not be subject to President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to updated guidance from US Customs and Border Protection.

The clarification comes after Trump earlier this month imposed steep 125% tariffs on Chinese imports—a move that had raised concerns for technology giants like Apple, which manufactures the majority of its products in China.

The HSN codes excluded from the reciprocal tariff order cover a range of tech products, including smartphones, telecom equipment, chipmaking machinery, recording…

India’s most widely used digital payment system has now seen two significant disruptions in less than a month. Frustrated users flooded social media platform X (formerly Twitter), where #UPIDown quickly began trending. Many posted memes to vent their frustration—and the humour was top tier.

One user…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reshaped industries at an extraordinary pace—automating processes, analysing vast amounts of data, and even generating creative content.

From composing symphonies to designing advertising campaigns, AI is increasingly encroaching upon spaces long considered bastions of human ingenuity. But can AI truly replicate the depths of human creativity, or is it simply an advanced tool designed to enhance human potential?

At Storyboard18’s Global Pioneers Summit 2025, industry leaders gathered to discuss the evolving role of…

Digital transactions across India were hit once again on Friday as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) faced a widespread outage, leaving users unable to complete payments on platforms like Google Pay and Paytm.

Social media platform X was flooded with users reporting failed payments and transaction delays, particularly on third-party apps.

The disruption began around 11:26 AM and peaked by 11:41 AM, when over 222 users had flagged issues on DownDetector, a service that monitors real-time outages.

By noon, complaints had surged to 1,168 — with 96…

The allegations against Musk were filed on Wednesday (April 9) in a federal court in California as a counterclaim to the Tesla CEO’s lawsuit against OpenAI, which is heading to a jury trial next year.

Musk, an early OpenAI investor who now runs his own AI firm, xAI, along with Tesla,…

With a sleek design and storytelling at its core, the website aims to connect users to Vantara’s mission through a 360-degree visual tour, animations, and animal rescue stories. The experience is meant to immerse visitors in Vantara’s world—not as spectators in a zoo, but as participants in a global effort to…

And the administration clearly feels this is an achievable goal, especially in the face of the 145% tariffs that it aims to impose on imports from China, Apple Inc.’s current manufacturing hub. The company also has vowed to invest $500 billion domestically over the…

These individuals were lured with false promises of high-paying jobs abroad, only to find themselves forced into cybercrime networks run by armed rebel groups. Acting swiftly, the Maharashtra Cyber cell ensured their safe return and launched a deep investigation into this organised crime ring.

The victims were initially approached through popular social media…